This artificial peg was made possible in the short run because U.S. citizens were forbidden to own physical gold except for small amounts related to gold coins, jewelry, art and dental needs.

FORBES: The Alchemy Of Gold

And what measure of the value of art to society do we have except the value society is willing to pay for it?

FORBES: Public Funding for the Arts

Except for the accident of my living in London, I would never have seen ANY of those works of art ever!

BBC: Has art gone stale?